Tag Archives: ROIC

As tireless advocates for the importance of Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), we’ve been encouraged to see a growing appreciation for the metric. Unfortunately, many investors may be relying on flawed calculations of ROIC.

Much has been made of the candidates’ sharp differences, but there’s one area where they have put forward remarkably similar plans. Both candidates agree: repatriate offshore cash, invest in infrastructure

This week’s Danger Zone is a company that claims consistent profitability and continued success, despite years of shareholder value destruction. Misleading non-GAAP results, large losses, and an overvalued stock price land 8×8 in the Danger Zone.

On Tuesday (8/02/16), Chuck Jaffe of Marketwatch interviewed CEO David Trainer regarding the folly of turning current events into investment hunches and why investors need to focus on fundamentals regardless of baseless current event trends

Brian Bain, of Investor In The Family, recently interviewed CEO David Trainer. Just a few of the topics discussed are: the basis for founding New Constructs, how New Constructs uses machine learning to better analyze thousands of company filings, and the difference in economic earnings and accounting earnings

Shares of Skechers (SKX) plummeted over 20% last week. We think the markets are overreacting to a limited data set. Not only do quarterly results tend to be volatile, one three-month reporting period is rarely enough to establish a clear trend.

After announcing 2Q16 earnings, LUV fell nearly 12%, as investors seemed to care more about Southwest’s ability to hit analyst expectations, which have inherent flaws, and less about the company’s record profits.

The big banks still have significant advantages. Their brand names, financial capital, advisor networks, and large client bases give them the opportunity to leverage the innovations of startups and become the biggest winners in this new wealth management model.